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Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Do you really have the button? I saw this headline and tried to update the Macs I have that are waiting for this update, but none of them see it in the App Store. And the page linked still says, "Available 9.25".

Not yet. I assume it won't appear until this evening for me. I like to think ahead :)

I can confirm that – I also don't yet get the update

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Yeah, I thought about that as I was writing my comment and realized that's why I always write "back to front dates" with dashes instead of slashes. I think it's probably because I always use that format in filenames and slashes feel like a very bad idea there ;-)

Yes, it would be so great if there could be a standard for dates formatted this way. It would have to be called something awesome like ISO 8601! ;-) That is definitely also my preferred format, everything just sorts naturally then. Not so in love with the 2017-09-25T12:00 format as it does not work for filenames on my OS.

ISO 8601 supports an alternative format without separators, like 20170925T1200.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Does anybody have more information on this claim of a keychain vulnerability in High Sierra... just saw it fly past on Twitter. https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/912254053849079808 >on High Sierra (unsigned) apps can programmatically dump & exfil keychain (w/ your plaintext passwords) vid: https://player.vimeo.com/video/235313957 #smh

I’d like a bit more detail. Instructions to repro ideally. Too much is left out of the video (show me the items it will access and the access permissions for those items) and I’m inclined to think it’s staged or Mr. Wardle didn’t understand something fundamental (e.g. if you built/debugged the app on the same system where you made the video, you may have already authorized the app to fetch items from the keychain.)

So would I.. normally quick to dismiss. I'm not familiar with Mr Wardle, but he seems to have some serious followers. I was hoping someone here has some background information.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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> Safari now uses machine learning to identify advertisers and others who track your online behavior, and removes the cross‑site tracking data they leave behind. > Safari now uses machine learning to identify advertisers and others who track your online behavior, and removes the cross‑site tracking data they leave behind I'm starting to like the business model of buying the product more and more. There was a recent t…

I agree, the good thing about Apple and Microsoft is I know what they want to sell me. Apple want me to buy relatively expensive devices on a regular basis and ideally a cloud subscription. Microsoft want me to buy subscriptions to their cloud services and ideally devices running their OS. In both cases the value for them is fairly clear and they have limited incentives to do anything that might jepordise those reven…

And yet, microsoft started incorporating ads inside of windows 10. The business models helps, but if you can both sell a product and get ad revenue, why wouldn't you ?

In apple's case, they have a fairly small but dedicated marketshare that cares deeply about those issue. That's why I trust them to not sabotage their product. Microsoft has a monopoly, they don't need to care.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Sort of off topic but what has happened to the web design team at Apple? Their landing pages used to be extremely pleasant to read but by now I often struggle to read their headlines. The blurred background with text on top is not easy on my eyes at all. Perhaps my eyes are starting to go bad... Their page for the new iPhone had the same issues. In my opinion their web designs has gone down hill this year.

Yeah, this page isn't the best example, but they're still killing it with the product pages https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/ https://www.apple.com/iphone-8/

It’s funny that I can’t even scroll the iPhone 8 Plus landing page at 60fps on an iPhone 8 Plus.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Does anybody have more information on this claim of a keychain vulnerability in High Sierra... just saw it fly past on Twitter. https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/912254053849079808 >on High Sierra (unsigned) apps can programmatically dump & exfil keychain (w/ your plaintext passwords) vid: https://player.vimeo.com/video/235313957 #smh

That seems insane, but the tweeter and the video appear legitimate

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Just a heads up - seems GPGTools has issues with High Sierra; those using PGP might want to hold off. https://gpgtools.tenderapp.com/discussions/beta/2348-macos-h...

Though I appreciate the effort they're putting into GPGTools, issues preventing one from using it on Sierra went on for more than half a year after Sierra went public. I deem that unusable.

How is that unusable? If you just don't upgrade it still works.

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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I love that they feature the HTC Vive for Virtual Reality. Looks like they understood what was the best headset :)

I've been actively looking into developing games for the Vive, anyone has tried doing that on a macbook pro?

Re: MacOS High Sierra

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Does anyone know of any issues with this before I press the button?

Do you really have the button? I saw this headline and tried to update the Macs I have that are waiting for this update, but none of them see it in the App Store. And the page linked still says, "Available 9.25".

The Pacific Timezone (PST) is currently in the middle of the night; I suppose we have to wait for them to wake up.
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